About this episode

The episode covers the initial sections of JRR Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, including the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and the first four chapters.

We read the Notes, Foreword, Prologue, and BOOK ONE I – IV of JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring Content warnings for: racism. Next episode we’ll read BOOK ONE V – X of The Fellowship of the Ring. You can go to patreon.com/rangedtouch to support the show and access the bonus episode feed. The show is… Continue reading The Fellowship of the Ring – Part 1

Topics covered

• The Fellowship of the Ring
• literature
• book discussion
• Tolkien
• fantasy

Keywords

• The Fellowship of the Ring
• JRR Tolkien
• book discussion
• fantasy literature
• Prologue
• chapters I-IV

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